Minato laid there on the floor for a good ten minutes, completely silent. He may be horrified of Mitsuru, but Yukari…

He could see it now…

"Minato!"

"No, wait! I can explain-"

"Save it!" Yukari draws her bow back, aiming right for Minato's head.

"Wait, no!"

"She's going to kill me."

"C'mon, it can't be that bad." Akihiko forced him to his feet. "You're completely overreacting. I'm sure you didn't do anything that stupid, right Junpei?"

Junpei thought to himself for a second. "When Yukari kills you, can I have your TV?"

Akihiko threw a nearby book at him. "Not now!"

Junpei just laughed. Minato fell down and curled up into the fetal position. "I wonder how badly an arrow to the brain hurts…"

Junpei finally stood up, shrugging. "Eh, it can't hurt too badly."

"Have you been shot?"

"Nope."

Minato shot up, glaring at him. "Then shut the hell up!" He looked at Akihiko. "Please kill him!"

Akihiko threw a punch, knocking Junpei back a few inches. "Happy?" Minato nodded. "Good, now we all need to calm the hell down and wait for Yuko to get here."

So they waited. It didn't take long for her to show up, either.

The three guys sat on the couch and Yuko sat on the chair cattycorner to them. Yuko looked pretty angry, but tried her best to hide it. An awkward silence filled the air for a while.

"So, Yuko…" Akihiko began, breaking the silence. "You told Minato you could fill us in on everything from last night?"

Yuko nodded. "Everything up until we left at least. I was one of the few who didn't drink her weight in liquor." She shot an evil glance towards Minato, pausing for a second. "Where would you like me to begin?"

"Well, none of us even remember you guys coming over, so as soon as you got here would be nice." Akihiko sighed. It was obvious he was horrified. Yuko couldn't tell what it was that scared him, but the other two knew: Mitsuru.

So Yuko began her story. Bebe was completely drunk, dancing around and using a lampshade as a hat until he apparently passed out with it on.

Hidetoshi and Junpei decided to play a drinking game with a deck of cards. Junpei lost.

Kazushi and Akihiko then played strip poker at the request of a drunken Chihiro. She was the clear winner, taking most of their clothing quickly.

After that, Akihiko talked about wanted a piercing. Chihiro and Junpei gave it to him with one of her earrings.

Junpei then pissed off Shinji

Shinji and Minato played their own drinking game, seeing who could put the most shots down without passing out. Minato would've won, except Shinji decided to throw a shot glass, hitting Akihiko. This ended everything in a small fight between everyone except the girls and Bebe.

Eventually, Yuko got to the part about why exactly she was pissed.

"After you guys got done fighting, Minato was pretty banged up. The dumbass tripped and busted his head on the table. Soon as he got up, Junpei kicked him in the head." Minato glared at Junpei. This explained his massive headache, at least.

"So, I was out cold after that, right?"

Yuko shook her head. "You woke up after a bit. I took you upstairs then you just started talking and talking about everything." She then got an angrier look on her face. "You even talked about her. A lot."

"You mean Yukari?"

She nodded. "You kept saying all of this mushy stuff over and over then you talked about us for a bit." Minato and Yuko were an "item" for a while, at least until the summer came and went. After that she ended up getting with Kaz. Shortly after that he and Yukari began dating.

"Is that why you look so pissed?" Minato looked a tad irked himself. Junpei and Akihiko just stayed quiet, knowing things were about to get personal.

"Duh, do I look like I want to hear about all of that?" She then sighed a small sigh. "I thought you were sobering up, though. I figured you were meaning everything you said about wanting me back."

Minato's face froze in horror. That does sound like something stupid he'd say when he drank. "Listen, everything I felt is don't and over, you know that. We were together then we weren't. It's high school. This shit happens."

"Yeah, I know." She shrugged. "It's whatever. You were drunk. People say stupid things when they're drunk."

"So, we're good?" Yuko nodded, smiling a bit more now.

"Alright, so what happened after that?" Akihiko started looking nervous. "I mean, hearing about Shinji and all us fighting kind of worries me."

"Well after that I grabbed Bebe and Kaz grabbed Chihiro and we left." The three guys sighed and Akihiko checked his phone. It was closing in on the time the girls and Koromaru would be back. "Although, I remember hearing Shinji talk about something weird. I just figured he was completely wasted and ignored it."

"What was it?" Akihiko sounded urgent. "Crazy or not, anything will be helpful."

"Well…" She rubbed the back of her neck, acting as if what she was about to say would sound nuts. "He talked about going somewhere. I never heard of this place, so I assumed it was some club." She tilted her head, confused. "Maybe you heard of it? Tartarus, I think it was…"

The three of them looked horrified. "Tartarus?" Junpei looked at the other two. "Nope, never heard of it."

"Well, he muttered about it a lot. He was heading upstairs to grab his 'beating sign' just when I walked out the door."

"Um, Yuko…" Akihiko was sweating a bit. "When exactly did you leave?"

"A little before midnight, why?" The three guys were frozen in place. "Um, you guys okay?"

"Yeah, yeah…" Minato was sweating a bit, too. "I think I know where he may be." He got up and walked her to the door.

"You think he's in trouble?"

"Probably not as much as we'll be." Minato sighed. "Thanks, Yuko." He shut the door then fell over again.

Akihiko sighed. "Dammit, Shinji! Running off to Tartarus drunk?" He punched the wall, leaving a small dent. "Dammit, now I need to fix the wall!"

Junpei was simply dazed. "What are we going to do?" He stood up, pacing wildly. "He's probably still in Tartarus. We can't just go in and find him! We'd have to go in at Midnight! The girls will be back before Midnight! We're dead, we're dead, we're-"

During this rant, Minato had gotten up. He slapped Junpei, hard. "Pull yourself together." He then looked at Akihiko. "Hand me my phone."

Aki grabbed the phone, tossing it to him. "What are you going to do?"

He began dialing. "Easy. I'm going to call in a favor." There was nothing but silence for a second, then Minato spoke: "Hello, Mr. Tanaka? It's me, Minato Arisato. I need a favor…"